Friday night Clubs in Hollywood 18

Nightclubs in Los Angeles offer many dance events geared to the 18 + crowd. (Photo: Digital Vision./Digital Vision/Getty Images )

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Even though the legal drinking age in Los Angeles is 21, 18- and 19-year-olds can still get into some of the hottest dance clubs in town. Many clubs offer special 18 and over nights so younger patrons can boogie to the beat along with older club-goers. Some 18 and over venues serve no alcohol, while others distribute wristbands to those 21 and over and allow them to drink at the bar.

Central Los Angeles

The Airliner (theairlinerla.com), in the Lincoln Heights neighborhood, is situated on North Broadway, the area's major shopping and restaurant district. The club's first level has a lounge, small stage and bar. Club-goers can order tacos and other Mexican food from a counter in front of the kitchen. Upstairs, techno and hip-hop fans dance to the latest beats courtesy of resident DJs at the popular "Low End Theory Club" on Wednesdays. "Tektonik LA" features electronica and techno the third Thursday of each month. The Airliner even has outdoor patios on the first and second levels, with a large outdoor stage on ground level behind the building. Jewel's Catch One (catchonenightclub.com) in Mid-City, is home to Das Bunker (dasbunker.org), an ongoing Friday night dance club with DJs playing industrial dance music. Guest DJs from all over the world have appeared at Das Bunker as well as Nitzer Ebb and other industrial bands.

Hollywood

Club Wannabe takes place at Boardner's Restaurant (boardners.com) on Sunday nights. This '90s dance club features DJs spinning hits from the Spice Girls and other stars from that decade. Clubgoers arriving early can get in free with a printable pass off the club's website. Level 3 (level3hollywood.com), an upscale club in the Hollywood and Highland Shopping Complex, hosts DV8, a dance party featuring DJs from KIIS-FM, a local Top 40 radio station, on Friday and Saturday nights. Club-goers 18 and 19 pay slightly more to enter, and there's a strict dress code forbidding sneakers, caps, hooded sweatshirts and athletic wear. The club has a 3, 000-square-foot dance floor and a luxurious, curtained lounge area.